Just keep swimming~
Aug. 23rd, 2016 09:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
totchipandaI keep hitting moments where I think of my aunt, and I have to remind myself that she's gone. Things that we'll never get to do again -- go out for sushi and a show at the Jube, the train ride, picnics. I have NO idea what's going to happen with our winter party :( I wasn't as close to her as I was to my grampa, but there's still a big hole where she used to be. Where she still is.
On Sunday I spent most of the day just relaxing. I did get some cleaning done, which is good as I have company coming this weekend. I still have lots more to do. I did start sewing, but I made three critical mistakes that could have been a lot worse (like have-to-recut-pieces worse) in a very short period of time, so I gave it up almost as soon as I'd started.
Yesterday was another chilling day. I took a nap and made green onion cakes. By the time I was ready to start sewing, it was really too late.
Today I evicted the cat off my lap and got to work! First I made a loaf of pumpkin quick bread from a mix we got at Costco. It's pretty tasty! I got my bodice together and attached the collar, and my sleeves are ready to be attached too. I was taking my time and pressing seams and finishing them. I made tea and dinner too. I feel content with what I did tonight.
Tomorrow I hope to tidy a bit more, get my sleeves on, start on the skirt! I want to add pockets, since everyone's life is improved with pockets.
ETA: I dug into my "current projects" box to see what, exactly, was in there, and I found a pair of stays I'd cut out in like, 2008 or something. I should finish those lol. I also found a couple of gothic lolita projects I should finish up and sell, dice bags, and some doll clothes I started probably 10 years ago. I put the petticoat and linen medieval-ish dress back into the box for now. I don't want to think about petticoats until I have Sophie's done, and the dress has pieces missing that I think are in a box in the closet. (Plus I'm really sad about the dress, it's linen! But I'm never going to wear it :( So I should finish it and sell it. Sad sometimes, to close a door on a chapter of one's life.)
On Sunday I spent most of the day just relaxing. I did get some cleaning done, which is good as I have company coming this weekend. I still have lots more to do. I did start sewing, but I made three critical mistakes that could have been a lot worse (like have-to-recut-pieces worse) in a very short period of time, so I gave it up almost as soon as I'd started.
Yesterday was another chilling day. I took a nap and made green onion cakes. By the time I was ready to start sewing, it was really too late.
Today I evicted the cat off my lap and got to work! First I made a loaf of pumpkin quick bread from a mix we got at Costco. It's pretty tasty! I got my bodice together and attached the collar, and my sleeves are ready to be attached too. I was taking my time and pressing seams and finishing them. I made tea and dinner too. I feel content with what I did tonight.
Tomorrow I hope to tidy a bit more, get my sleeves on, start on the skirt! I want to add pockets, since everyone's life is improved with pockets.
ETA: I dug into my "current projects" box to see what, exactly, was in there, and I found a pair of stays I'd cut out in like, 2008 or something. I should finish those lol. I also found a couple of gothic lolita projects I should finish up and sell, dice bags, and some doll clothes I started probably 10 years ago. I put the petticoat and linen medieval-ish dress back into the box for now. I don't want to think about petticoats until I have Sophie's done, and the dress has pieces missing that I think are in a box in the closet. (Plus I'm really sad about the dress, it's linen! But I'm never going to wear it :( So I should finish it and sell it. Sad sometimes, to close a door on a chapter of one's life.)
